Designing Freedom

by Stafford Beer

Overview

Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World.

Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887848551
Publisher:	House of Anansi Press Inc
Publication date:	11/18/1993
Series:	The CBC Massey Lectures
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Stafford Beer, an international consultant in the sciences of management and effective organization, wrote hundreds of papers and articles and five books. He died in August 2002.

Table of Contents

The Real Threat to ``All We Hold Most Dear''.
The Disregarded Tools of Modern Man.
A Liberty Machine in Prototype.
Science in the Service of Man.
The Future That Can Be Demanded Now.
The Free Man in a Cybernetic World.